Xuan Ong

Singaporean actress (born 1996)

Actress

Years active2018–presentAgentFaces Talent ManagementStage nameTraditional Chinese翁璇Simplified Chinese翁璇Hanyu PinyinWēng Xuán Birth nameTraditional Chinese翁旖璇Simplified Chinese翁旖璇Hanyu PinyinWēng Yǐxuán

Xuan Ong (born Ong Yi Xuan on 5 March 1996)^[1] is a Singaporean actress.

Early life and career

Ong started out as a theatre student at the age of 13, and graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts with first class honours in Acting when she was 22 in 2018.^[2]^[3] She has since appeared in multiple shorts and stage productions, and has also been cast in MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's drama series.^[4]

In 2021, Ong starred as Lee Mui Ee, the lead role in the coming-of-age drama Teenage Textbook: The Series, which was based on the popular Singaporean novel of the same name. This was her debut television series.^[5]^[6]^[7]

In 2023, Ong played a prominent role in Seven Days, also her debut feature film appearance. It was the first local film to be chosen to open the Singapore Chinese Film Festival.^[8]^[9] The same year, she played a spirit medium in the second season of the drama series Titoudao, a character based on a real-life person.^[10]

Filmography

Television series

Teenage Textbook: The Series (2021)^[11]
Soul Detective (2022)^[10]
Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting II (2022)
Titoudao: Dawn of a New Stage (2023)^[10]
Cash on Delivery (2023)
Stranger In The Dark (2023)

Web series

One Take (2019; web series)^[12]
#CoffeeShots (2020)^[11]
Adulting (2021)

Film

A Waking (2019; short)^[13]
If They Can't Be Loved (2021; short)
Trade Secrets (2021; short)
Yi Tian (2021; short)
Seven Days (2023)

Theatre

The Insiders (2018)^[14]
The Cat in the Hat (2018)^[15]
Birth Days (2018)^[16]
Stupid Cupid (2019)
Now She Lives (2019)^[12]
Catalysts (2019)^[12]
The Adventures of Abhijeet (2019)^[12]
The Hawker (2019)^[17]^[18]
Fika and Fishy (2020)
The Singapore Trilogy (2021)^[19]
A Dream Under The Southernbough- Existence (2021)
I Have Something to Say (2022)^[20]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2022	Oniros Film Awards	Best Actress	If They Can't Be Loved	Nominated	^[21]
		Best Monologue		Won
		Honorable Mention (actress)		Won
	Red Movie Awards	Best Actress		Won	^[22]
2024	Star Awards 2024	Top 3 Most Popular Rising Stars	—	Nominated

References

^ "Xuan Ong". Instagram profile. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "艺人谈另类妈妈陈欣淇21岁时被妈妈"赶"出家门 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "Kids Theatre Singapore | Young Learners Festival at Kidsstop". SCS. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "Xuan Ong". Instagram. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "Mui Ee, Sissy and Tom are back: Teenage Textbook TV series to premiere in March". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "'Teenage Textbook' to get TV-reboot in March". sg.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ Seah, Nida (2 March 2021). "Adrian Tan's The Teenage Textbook gets a reboot with new TV series". SG Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "'Not a simple teenage girl': Ayden Sng plays female ghost in new movie but it's not about acting effeminate". AsiaOne. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "离开新传媒后雅慧首部电影5月上映 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Xuan Ong". mewatch. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Ong Yi Xuan". mewatch. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Now She Lives". Arts Republic | Arts Events Singapore. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "A Waking, Kingdom, A Dance for Ren Hang, and the Implausibilities of Intimacy". Asian Film Archive. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "The Insiders". Peatix. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "戴高帽子的猫 - The Cat in the Hat (Mandarin)". www.srt.com.sg. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ ":tw10 :singapore". theatreworks.org.sg. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "The Hawker". ROTOTORO. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "'Eavesdrop' and experience the immersive display of 'The Hawker'". The Fandom Menace. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ Nurjuwita, Dewi. "Robert Yeo's landmark trilogy is streaming online till August 31". Time Out Singapore. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "March On 2022". Esplanade. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "Oniros Film Awards - FINALISTS & WINNERS - NOVEMBER 2022" (PDF). Oniros Film Awards. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "Red Movie Awards Autumn Edition 2022". Red Movie Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2023.